Contra Viento y Marea

Natalia is a young beautiful girl who lives with her aunt Inez and her aunt's perverted husband Arcaido. After trying to rape her, Arcaido sells Natalia into slavery to dirty hoodlums. One of the hoodlums feels sorry for her and helps her run away. When she returns, she finds her aunt dying. Her aunt tells her that she'll only be safe if she lives with the Serrano family. When she arrives at the house everyone receives her with open arms except the lady of the house Apolonia. While attending college Natalia meets Eduardo, a man who falls deeply in love with her. But when she meets his brother Sebastian it's love at first sight. But when Eduardo is dying he asks Natalia to marry him. Now she must decide between marrying Eduardo or being with the man she loves with all her heart, Sebastian.

Characters

Marlene Favela as Natalia
Ríos

Her life is never easy and
when she gets homeless she is so happy to get accepted by the Serrano family. She
is happy to realize she loves Sebastián with the deepest feeling and he is her
only love.

Sebastián Rulli as Sebastián
Cárdenas

Sebastián is in great love
with Natalia but he is not sure in himself and in her feelings. He is ready to
turn her down since his brother Eduardo also loves her. He is a perfect man who
loves is family. He is handsome and too impulsive to behave at a thought not
thinking all steps.

Ernesto D’alessio as Eduardo
Cárdenas

Eduardo is a sick person,
miserable and retarded. He is too close to his mother. It’s good that his family
is strong to get united to render support to him and Eduardo really appreciates
it. He is in love with Natalia and he puts high hopes that he will manage to
get her attraction.

Silvia Manríquez as Amparo
Contreras

Amparo Contreras is a
beautiful and refined woman in her forties. She is a widow of Cárdenas and
since the time her husband passes away she puts every attempt to make the life
of his beloved son Eduardo happy and painless. She adores Eduardo and she
believes in his fortune. Amparo sincerely supposes that Sebastián can cause
only problems. When she meets Ricardo Sandoval he seems to be a real gentleman.

Luis Couturier as Teodoro
Serrano

Being an honest and just
person, Teodoro fell in love with Apolonia as a mature and solid person. He
believes Apolonia is worth worship and delight. He is a loving father to his
daughter Sandra and he only wants to see her happy.

Azela Robinson as Apolonia
Rudell

Apolonia Rudell is the
director to the “EL Litoral” and the wife to the Teodoro the person who loves
her really deeply and sincerely. She opts to manipulate with him. Apolonia is a
tactless and impudent villain but she is charming enough to attract people. Her
true love since the time she was a teenager is Valente. She is burning with the
passion to him. And she loves Eduardo too much to give the whole herself to
him.

Alberto Estrella as Valente

Valente is a typical
villain image but he is too complicated in nature. Sometimes he is noble and
reasonable. In some cases he shows his prudence and selfish nature to take
advantage of people and situation. He changes his view so many days as he gets
mature inside. His love to Apolonia is the reason of the lots of dirt and lies
in his life. He swears to get reimbursed for all the miserable things she has
done to him. When he gets to know to Natalia, she evokes some true feelings in
his heart.

Tormenta en el ParaÃ­so
In the year 1519, the Mayan priest Ahzac discovers that his daughter, Ixmy, has given herself to the love of a white man; she was destined to be sacrificed as a gift to the gods along with some gifts made of gold and with a black pearl of similar size. The maiden, having avoided her fate, invokes Ahzac's fury, who then invokes a curse upon the black pearl, saying, " Whoever has this pearl in their possession will never be able to know what happiness is!"

Eva Luna
This is a story of Eva González, a young girl from the south of California who has to reside in Los Angeles for unknown reasons with her family. Several days to her trip to the big city, she receives a letter from her Aunt Augusta (Sonia Noemí) who writes to her niece that her future is dark and she will meet a man in her life who is a heaven and hell at the same time. It is Daniel Villanueva who is the widower in Los Angeles being a good catch and a womanizer. He succeeds in business and love affairs.